""They are a country that for years - I didn't know this until recently - they're a country based on disinformation. And now they're using disinformation plus AI. And that's a terrible situation," President Donald Trump said during a March 16 event."
""These AI-generated images are meant to make it look like something's happening when the exact opposite is," Hegseth said in a March 19 press briefing. "So they make up fake reports and fake images to lie to their own people.""
The Trump administration warned that Iran is leveraging generative artificial intelligence to spread disinformation. President Trump noted Iran's long history of disinformation, now exacerbated by AI technology. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the creation of fake images to mislead the public. The U.S. previously initiated the Iran Disinformation Project to counter false messaging, but it was discontinued due to controversial tactics. Experts indicate that misinformation is not solely a product of Iranian influence, as many accounts spreading false information are unaffiliated with the regime.
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